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1. As a person who has spent a career in the technology sector

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 10:52 AM

Aug 13

we need to be reducing the number of H-1B visas. The labor market is collapsing.
The number of open positions for programmers is miniscule.
Thank god I'm retiring soon.

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H-1B Visas Changes Approved by White House: Report [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 13 OP

As a person who has spent a career in the technology sector TBA Aug 13 #1

Amen to that Wicked Blue Aug 13 #2

welcome to what folks in construction, farming, & trades have experienced for decades now cadoman Aug 13 #10

AI is coming for programming jobs anyway. LudwigPastorius Aug 13 #14

AI is part of it TBA Aug 14 #15

They only want immigrants they can get cheap Nigrum Cattus Aug 13 #3

If I remember correctly itcfish Aug 13 #5

I certainly remember Bernie Sanders ClaudetteCC Aug 13 #6

The same could be said of work on dairy farms, meat packing plants, residential construction, ... ClaudetteCC Aug 13 #7

Need more low wage workers. Norrrm Aug 13 #4

And often, even those advertised jobs don't actually exist. PSPS Aug 13 #8

Small Improvement North Coast Lawyer Aug 13 #9

Considering the bloodbath thats happened in tech jobs over the last few years Hieronymus Phact Aug 13 #11

After throwing out graduate students who could stay to work in the US iemanja Aug 13 #12

"...a new system that gives priority in the selection process to registrants who meet or exceed certain criteria..." LudwigPastorius Aug 13 #13

Need foreign workers because not enough qualified Americans? Norrrm Aug 14 #16

I'm all in favor of ending the program (or drastically curtailing it) fujiyamasan Aug 14 #17